WPP 5.2.0

This release includes the following changes:

• JavaScript based Lazy Loading superseded by Native Lazing Loading.
• Improved Pageviews Cache.
• Views/comments count will be prettified now!
• Fixed a few layout issues found in widget themes.
• Improved compatibility with Content Security Policy (CSP).
• Added support for ACF images.
• Other minor improvements and fixes.

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

Release Notes.

WPP 5.1.0

This release includes the following changes:

• The /popular-posts GET API endpoint is now being cached as well.
• Added a new Content Tag: title_attr.
• Added a new filter hook to filter popular posts terms.
• Minor code improvements.

WPP 5.0.2

This release includes the following changes:

• A performance notice will be displayed for mid/high traffic sites (see #239).
• Fixed an issue with text_title content tag not being shortened (see #241).
• Added a link to the Debug screen to the plugin's dashboard for ease of access.
• Other minor improvements/changes.

WPP 5.0.1

This release includes the following changes:

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is recommended.

• Fixed a compatibility issue with the newly introduced widget themes feature. If you're using a theme with your popular posts widget you'll need to reapply it for it to get the latest changes (go to Appearance > Widgets > WordPress Popular Posts, select a different theme then hit Save, finally switch back to your preferred theme and hit Save again.)
• Fixed two date related issues.
• Minor styling improvements to widget themes Cards, Cards Compact, Cardview and Cardview Compact.
• Removes bold styling from post title on the stock design (wpp.css).
• Improves data caching logic.

WPP 5.0.1 Beta 1

This release includes the following changes:

• Improves data caching logic.
• Removes bold styling from title (wpp.css).
• Updates POT file.
• Fixes two date-related issues (see #234 and #236).
• Fixes widget themes styles conflicting with each other while not in the SR.

WPP 5.0.0

This release includes the following changes:

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

• Code has been refactored to use more modern PHP practices! This will help make WordPress Popular Posts more maintainable and easier to extend.
• WordPress Popular Posts now requires PHP 5.4 or newer and WordPress 4.7 or newer.
• The WPP_Query class has been deprecated. Use WordPressPopularPosts\Query instead.
• Added ability to filter posts by multiple taxonomies (thanks blackWhitePanda!)
• New Dashboard Widget: Trending Now.
• Added 10 new themes for the widget!
• Added ability to lazy load thumbnails (enabled by default).
• Improved support for WPML and Polylang.
• Authors and Editors can now access the Stats dashboard too!
• Fixed translation issues affecting russian and similar languages.
• New Content Tags: total_items and item_position.
• Many minor bug fixes/improvements.

Release notes | Full Changelog.

WPP 4.2.2

This release includes the following change:

• Hotfix: don't typehint scalars, breaks plugin on PHP 5.

WPP 4.2.1

This release includes the following changes:

• Adds filter to set thumbnail compression quality.
• Adds filter to change the ending string of the excerpt generated by WPP.
• When using multilingual plugins, return the author of the translation instead of the author of the original post.
• Fixes a PHP warning message generated by an unimplemented method in the REST API controller.
• Minor code improvements.

WPP 4.2.0

This release includes the following changes:

If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache right after installing / upgrading to this version is required.

• Breaking change: Database query performance improvements (thanks Stofa!), plugin should be significantly faster for most people out there. Developers: if you're hooking into the WPP_Query class to customize the query, you will have to review it as this change will likely break your custom query.
• Persistent object caching support: WPP can now store views count in-memory, reducing greatly the number of database writes which is good for performance!
• Adds filter hook wpp_parse_custom_content_tags.
• Adds filter hook wpp_taxonomy_separator.
• You can now also pass arrays when using the parameters post_type, cat, term_id, pid or author (see issue 169 for details).
• The plugin will use language packs from wordpress.org from now on.
• Minor fixes and improvements.

Check the Release notes for more details!

WPP 4.1.2

This release includes the following changes:

• Enables Data Caching by default (new installs only).
• The Parameters section (Settings > WordPress Popular Posts > Parameters) is now mobile-friendly.
• Updated the documentation in the Parameters section.
• Refactored WPP's caching mechanism into its own class.
• Removed unused code.